The news comes after several major forecasters admitted errors in
their forecasting which suggested the UK economy would be less
resilient than it has proven to be. American investment bank
Morgan Stanley said in January that it was "eating
humble pie" over its prediction that Britain would fall into
immediate recession when it voted to leave the European Union.

Several important UK industries saw a significant uptick on
CV-Library's index: automotive wages were up 9.1%, those in the
property sector up 8.7%, and manufacturing up 7.7%.

Here are the UK cities where salaries grew the fastest over the
month:

Lee Biggins, founder of CV-Library, said in a statement: "With
businesses keen to attract only the best candidates to their
roles, it’s positive to see that companies across the UK are
pushing their salaries up in order to offer competitive pay
packages to talented recruits.

"With more and more organisations putting out job adverts,
competition to attract skilled workers is fierce. The offering of
strong pay packages is clearly one tactic that companies are
using in an effort to stay one step ahead of their competition."